Safar

Q: There is a hadith about women travelling, Abu Hurairah (radhiyallahu anhu) reported: The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said, 

"It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the last day to make a journey of one day and night unless she is accompanied by a mahram (husband or male relative whom she is prohibited to marry)." (Al Bukhari and Muslim) 

According to the hadith, if a woman travels alone will her prayers not be accepted?

Q: If I am going from my home to the next place which is 40 kms and will be staying there for 2 days and thereafter to the next destination which is 200 kms away and staying there for 3 days. I then come back home. 

Do I make the intentions for Musaafir when I leave home and pray qasr from the time I leave home.

Q: I permanently work and reside in Sydney, Australia with family while not owning any property here. My parents live in Lahore, Pakistan in a house under their ownership whereas I own a residential plot in Islamabad, Pakistan. 

I'd like to know if I am travelling and staying at any of the above three locations under 14 days, where should I offer full prayers and where would qasr prayer be required?

Q: Insha Allah I have intention for Hajj. So we leave on the 28th of April from JHB. 

We'll be 10 days in Makkah

Then 12 days in Azzizia

Then 6 days of Hajj 

Then another 6 days in Azzizia. 

So what I want know is where am I musaafir in this whole trip and where am I muqeem? Do I regard Makkah and Azzizia as 1 or what?

Q: A person leaves his home for travels. The airport is approx 20km away. Does he read Qasr Salaah at the airport, as it is still within the boundary of his home, or does he qualify for Qasr Salaah as he already left home with the intention of traveling?

Q: A person travels regularly between PMB and Durban. He has a daughter in Overport where he stays occasionally and he knows that till this point, he is not a musaafir. 

However, when he leaves PMB with the intention of visiting family in Isipingo (safr distance), but only after staying the night at Overport (meaning he will only go Isipingo the next day), will he be a musaafir from the time he leaves PMB? 

If, as above, he intends to visit Isipingo (the next day) and reaches Overport, but then changes his intention and decides not to go (as the family member is not there), will he be a musaafir? 

Similarly, if he leaves with no intention of visiting Isipingo, but only decides to visit Isipingo when he reaches Overport, will he be regarded as a musaafir (since the total distance with Isipingo will be more than safr distance)?

Q: Can a woman travel from a mahram to a mahram via a flight less than 3 hours?

Q: When traveling, how do I calculate safr distance? I am leaving from my house in Johannesburg to another place. From my house to the destination is 80km. But from the outskirts of my city to the outskirts of the place is 65km.

Do we work with the full distance or from the outskirts to the outskirts of the city?

Q: A woman completes her haidh at home but only has a ghusl after reaching her destination which is muaafir distance. Will she read salaah as a musaafir or not?

Q: I travel 150 km daily for work. Should I pray qasar or normal?